infrastructure and militaries) through tariffs and excise taxes. This meant businesses importing goods into the country had to pay fees (which were passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices) and citizens paid taxes on the goods they purchased (also known as a consumption tax)....
The idea was not taken up until after the Revolution, when a new system of house numbering was introduced in 1790 to make it easier to collect taxes; this
We say in America that only two things in life are unavoidable: death and taxes. Most cities and/or states in the US collect a sales tax on almost everything you buy. When you move into a new community, it is a good idea to ask how much the local sales tax is, and what items...
That puts the base salary to be in the middle class just shy of $46,000. What is the largest social class in America? Upper Middle Class Difficult to define a “middle class” (i.e. upper middle, middle middle and lower middle) probably the largest class group in the United States ...
There are 7,000 inhabitants of Easter Island, 4,000 native Rapa Nui and 3,000 mainland Chileans who cannot own land but rent because there are jobs and no taxes. Like Tahiti, tourism is the primary industry, with 100,000 visitors per year; there is some fishing and a little bit of ...
Finally, in 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, which standardized daylight saving across the country and established its start and end times in April and October (later changed to March and November in 2007). So, when do we "fall back" and return to Standard Time here in Michigan...
But I didn’t think about any of that while I sat in the crowded airport bar. Nor did I think about the good times we’d shared in the six years we were together: the Valentine’s Day when I took her to see Etta James, one of her favorites, at a tiny supper club; the weekend...
Santa Anna needed to recuperate funds for the great financial losses in Texas, so he sent Albino Perez as Governor to northern New Mexico to impose new taxes to recuperate monies. It proved to be an unpopular move and Perez proved to be an unpopular governor. Resistance turned harsh in the...
America’s Internet is fester than ever before, but people still complain about their Int ernet being too slow. New York’s Attorney General’s office (26)___ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that’s as fast as...
Leave a place where, if I did get it, I could at least afford the healthcare, and fly to America where the healthcare costs would break me? Hell no! I’m staying right here, thank you very much.The StayingFortunately, Cuenca is a great place to get stuck in. ...